Record Number: 12729
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The chaplain had left me about half an hour, and I was sitting at an open window reading Livy and drinking grog, beginning, indeed, to feel myself at home in the "Tenedos" - for I have been ten days on board - when Dr Hall entered my cabin in a violent hurry, accompanied by a negro boatman.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:9 Jul 1848
Country:Bermuda
Timedaytime
Place:other location: on board hospital hulk (ship) Tenedos, moored at Bermuda
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 Nov 1815
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:author, Irish Nationalist, under arrest for Treason
Religion:Presbyterian family
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:Bermuda
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Classics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
probably given to him by the officers when leaving the "Scourge"
Source Information:
Record ID:12729
Source:John Mitchel
Editor:n/a
Title:Jail Journal
Place of Publication:Dublin
Date of Publication:1913
Vol:n/a
Page:44-45
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
John Mitchel, Jail Journal, (Dublin, 1913), p. 44-45, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12729, accessed: 30 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None